Finding a few minuets of peace and tranquility in this fast paced life can be daunting. Finding it during a wedding can be almost impossible: but not in Sedona, Arizona. We traveled from Dallas to join our life time friends as they celebrated their daughters marriage to a wonderful young man. The 19-year-old couple celebrated their wedding on the 22nd of June. It was held in a glade surrounded by tall cottonwood tress and encompassed by a rushing creek. The setting was something from a fairy tale as the bride Taylor walked down a trail between the trees and continued up the aisle. Her soon to be husband Kyle cried when he saw her and they both shed tears while exchanging vows. The party lasted for hours, dancing, Italian food (Kyle is Sicilian,) a wedding game involving the bride and grooms shoes and an amazing cake! After the wedding my daughters and their friends (excluding the bride) dove into the creek and swam in the light of the full moon. The water was freezing. The next day we spent exploring Sedona, shops selling everything from T-shirts dyed with red rock dirt, Mackinac island fudge (I only bought a pound!) to diamond necklaces and wedding gowns. After shopping we headed out to Slide Rock. God blessed us with a great parking spot on the side of the highway and we hiked down the mountain all the way to the river. The natural rock slides that give that section of river its name are awesome. You just sit down and the water shoots you up and down and spits you out into deeper pools. We all jumped off the cliffs into the deep section of river, including Alina who had always been afraid of heights. We found a more secluded part of the river and swam for a while until we decided to scale the rocks back up to the car. The view was amazing, the mountains were blood red in the sunset and it absolutely took my breath away.
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